The Creative Process
"Creative thinking may simply mean The realization that there is no particular virtue In doing things the way i They have always been done.
Creativity is at the heart ofintelligence. Yet trying to define it is like trying to hold down and capture a drop of quicksilver with your fingertip; the moment you think you've got it, it breaks a part into dozens of drops that roll off into different directions. Does an idea have to be entirely original to be creative? Must something be artistic or aesthetically pleasing before it's creative? Can creativity result from detailed methodical work ? Is "creativity always accompanied by a feeling of inspiration, a spark of insight, or a sense that the idea came out of nowhere ?
Some psychologists think that creativity is nothing more than innovative problem solving. From this point of view, there is nothing extraordinary about creative thinking. It happens as a consequence of methodical thought. Creativity is mysterious and unpredictable.
Creativity involves having an idea yourself rather than borrowing if from someone else. You witness the birth of the idea in your mind. This can happen through persistent attempts to solve a problem, say by applying a series of well-defined steps to a project, or it can happen as if by magic, when an inspiration appears suddenly and unexpectedly, seemingly without any volition on your part.
In the opening exercise, you could have done any number of things - from standing on your head, to making jungle sounds singing a song, tappingyour fingers in, rhythmic patterns, or thinking about quantum physics. The point of the exercise was not to make you have a creative break through, but to get you thinking about what creativity means to you.
A creative act can solve a problem, serve a specific purpose, or fill a functional need. Alternatively a creative act may not serve a practical purpose, but fill an emotional or aesthetic need. Whether creativity is applied to designing a bridge, inventing a recipe, painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, or writing an autobiography, skill and diligence are required to produce an innovative product. In the Words of psychologist Abraham Maslow, "A firstrate soup ismore creative than a second-rate painting."
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The creative process can be divided into two main phases: exploration phase, you generate and manipulate new ideas. You bring unrelated material together, make fresh connections, and look for unusual patterns. You imagine, fool around, break the rules,_ and let ideas simmer in the back of your mind.
In the application phase, you judge and implement your ideas. You determine how applicable the idea is, whether it meets your criteria. And you launch the idea into action, taking it from "what if" to "what is". The two phases are complementary: during the generation phase, you widen your thinking; during the application phase, you narrow your thinking.
In creative thinking, as in high jumping, timing is everything. If you try to be practical, cold, and logical in the exploration phase, you'll focus on limitations rather than on possibilities. Similarly, if you are free and associative during the application phase, you may not get your idea into action, or you have not seen the pit falls of your idea until it's took late. Know when you need to focus, and when you need to loosen up.
Creativity is ten percent inspiration, and ninety percent perspiration.
How to tell a winner from a loser ?
How to tell a winner from a loser
A winner says, "Let us nd out ".
A loser says, "Nobody knows".
When a winner makes, a mistake, he says, I was wrong".
When a loser makes a mistake he says, ''It was not my fault".
The winner says, "Let me do it for you".
The loser says, "That is not my job".
A winner goes through a problem.
A loser goes around it; and never gets past it
A loser says, "That is the way it is always been done here".
A winner makes commitments.
A loser makes promises.
A winner says, ''I am good, but not as good as I ought to be"
A loser says, ''I am not bad as a lot of other people".
The winner always has a programme.
The loser always has an excuse.
A winner says, "There ought to be a better way to do it".
A loser says, "That is the way it is always been done here".
The winner says, "It may be difficult.
A loser says, ''It may be possible, but it is too difficult
